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Step 2 - Define the Mount Point

The mount point for your Travel Rack HR-X1-TR is the location in front of the probe changer where the machine moves to before it picks up or drops off a probe. This should be a location that avoids collisions with the probe changer or part.

The Travel Rack HR-X1-TR is capable of changing the probe at any location of one machine axis (the default is the machine X axis for the Leitz CMM). Therefore, the mount point is effective for only the other two axes.

To define the mount point for your probe changer:

1. Select the Mount Point tab in the Probe Changer dialog box (Edit | Preferences | Probe Changer):

Probe Changer dialog box - Mount Point tab

2. In the Active probe changer list, select TYPE=TRAVELRACKX1V.

3. Enter the probe head wrist angle for both A angle and B angle. The A and B angle combination should be one for which the probe is pointing either parallel to or away from the rack. It will be automatically rotated into the rack during the change. A common example might be A=90 and B=0.

4. Use your jog box to manually move your machine to the desired mount point position.

5. Click the Read Machine button to populate the X, Y, and Z machine position values with the current position. You can also type these values.

6. To save your changes, click Apply.

In the next step, you define the number of ports.